retiredpopo
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seems many have, but I never will. 22 years ago. 09.11.01 about this time in the morning I was driving to work and heard a plane flew into a building in NYC. In my mind I was thinking a small cessna type plane.
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Never Forget....
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mthoopsfan
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retiredpopo said:
I thought the same. Small plane.
I was grabbing a granola bar before running out to get on the school bus and my dad called the house hoping someone was home. All he could tell me was "turn on the TV, we're being bombed!" That was the first I had heard anything. It was the quietest school bus ride of my life as everyone listened to the radio.
I was at work in a control center that was absolutely going nuts when this happened. I was on active duty in the Air Force, and I watched the whole world change in a matter of just a few hours. It saddens me that people can just turn the page of a history book and forget the past, but it happens. I will never forget!
As stunningly devastating and heartbreaking as this day was 22 years ago, let's not forget the second great tragedy: Our response to 9/11.
Those were Saudi's flying those planes, not Iraqui's. By invading Iraq and Afghanistan, we would lose another 7000 troops, more than double those that died on 9/11. We vanquished Iraq, which once stood as the main adversary of our current nemesis, Iran. The main author of this response, George Bush, will go down as one of our worst Presidents, while his co-author, Dick Cheney, remains one of the most loathed politicans in American history. As we remember 9/11, let's not let "shock and awe" ever become "Aw, shucks."
Those were Saudi's flying those planes, not Iraqui's. By invading Iraq and Afghanistan, we would lose another 7000 troops, more than double those that died on 9/11. We vanquished Iraq, which once stood as the main adversary of our current nemesis, Iran. The main author of this response, George Bush, will go down as one of our worst Presidents, while his co-author, Dick Cheney, remains one of the most loathed politicans in American history. As we remember 9/11, let's not let "shock and awe" ever become "Aw, shucks."
I was in my third week of school in Thompson Falls. Year 1 of my teaching career. I didn't recognize what was going on until I got to school at 7 or 7:30 that morning. I walked in with the teaching staff staring at the TV in the library. Stunned blank faces and tears. I stood in silence for 15 or 20 minutes. Watched the second plane hit the tower initially thinking it was a replay of the first plane. Was pretty much an emotional zombie for the rest of the day.
Really hit home for a couple of my students, because of what TF was in the 90's and 00's (a haven for recovery homes for addiction..etc) had some kids who had family in NYC and who worked down near the WTC that day. As it was 2001, and not 2023, the not hearing for 12-24 hours literally wrecked the kids. Took an event playing out on TV, 3,000 miles away and made it real and local to our school, students and staff.
As a whole, kids were a lot more adaptive than adults and responded to it in a much healthier way as some of my colleagues. The rest that week was an emotional roller coaster between confusion, disbelief, anger, and a lot of unknown for myself and students. One of only a few things that I remember distinctly and vividly from my first year of teaching.
Really hit home for a couple of my students, because of what TF was in the 90's and 00's (a haven for recovery homes for addiction..etc) had some kids who had family in NYC and who worked down near the WTC that day. As it was 2001, and not 2023, the not hearing for 12-24 hours literally wrecked the kids. Took an event playing out on TV, 3,000 miles away and made it real and local to our school, students and staff.
As a whole, kids were a lot more adaptive than adults and responded to it in a much healthier way as some of my colleagues. The rest that week was an emotional roller coaster between confusion, disbelief, anger, and a lot of unknown for myself and students. One of only a few things that I remember distinctly and vividly from my first year of teaching.
